DIY Custom Exhaust

For anyone who really wants to customize their exhaust system there are quite a few really good kits to purchase that will get the job done. But if you truly want yours to be like no one else’s you can accomplish it with a little work and imagination.

• First you could order a kit that will have all the parts for your exhaust system and you can just put it together. However if you are making a special system for a show car or you just want it to be “special” there are other ways to achieve your goal.


• The easiest way to get the system and make sure it is correct when you put it on the car is to measure everything first. One of the best ways to do that is to make a “copy” of the system exactly like the one on the car. You can use aluminum dryer vent tube and duct tape.


• Attach the dryer tube with the duct tape to your entire exhaust system tubing running it alongside the existing system. You can use the duct tape to hang it from the underside of the car.


• Measure the tubing and order the tubing and hangers you will need. Most likely the only thing you will not be able to make is the muffler itself.


• Once your parts have come begin at the headers first and work you way to the tailpipe. You will have to get the closest angle you can on your bends and try to be very careful when bending the tubing. Always bend perpendicular or you can end up with oval shapes and that is really hard to put the next piece of tubing on.


• Install the brackets and hangers as you go towards the tail. Once the system is tack welded together you can finish weld the system making circular welds around each seam.


• Place the system back under the car and attach to the vehicle and you are ready to go.